Decidedly it is worth something to be born in a certain sphere, with due respect to the lowly, who pretend that it is of very little advantage to them to be born lowly." The _cortege_ continued to file on, and, with the king, the acclamations began to die away in the direction of the palace, which, however, did not prevent our officer from being pushed about.
"_Mordioux!_" continued the reasoner, "these people tread upon my toes and look upon _me_ as of very little consequence, or rather of none at all, seeing that they are Englishmen and I am a Frenchman.

If all these people were asked,--'Who is M.d'Artagnan ?' they would reply, '_Nescio vos_.' But let any one say to them, 'There is the king going by,' 'There is M.Monk going by,' they would run away, shouting,--'_Vive le roi!_' '_Vive M.Monk!_' till their lungs were exhausted.

And yet," continued he, surveying, with that look sometimes so keen and sometimes so proud, the diminishing crowd,--"and yet, reflect a little, my good people, on what your king has done, on what M.Monk has done, and then think what has been done by this poor unknown, who is called M.d'Artagnan! It is true you do not know him, since he is here unknown, and that prevents your thinking about the matter! But, bah! what matters it! All that does not prevent Charles II.

from being a great king, although he has been exiled twelve years, or M.Monk from being a great captain, although he did make a voyage to Holland in a box.

Well, then, since it is admitted that one is a great king and the other a great captain,--'_Hurrah for King Charles II.!_--_Hurrah for General Monk!_'" And his voice mingled with the voices of the hundreds of spectators, over which it sounded for a moment.